CEO SUMMARY: In the Northeast, the microbiology department of a four-hospital health system adopted new technology for testing patients suspected of sepsis. Not only did this microbiology lab shorten the time-to-detection, it increased the diagnosis rate for sepsis from 9% to 15%—an improvement in detection of 67%! This effort led to shorter patient stays, improved […]
Labs Have Opportunity to ID Sepsis Much Faster
Innovations at one health system’s micro lab contributed to improved outcomes, more revenue
- By Joseph Burns
- > From the Volume XX No. 4 - March 25, 2013 Issue
